- City:
- Yosemite National Park, CA
- Site Type:
- Paths and Trails, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Conservation and Public Lands, Work Relief Programs, National Park Service (NPS)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1942
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) made many improvements around Yosemite National Park during its time there, 1933-42. Enrollees worked out of two major hub camps and a dozen or so seasonal and ‘spike’ (temporary) camps.
One of the typical activities of the CCC in national and state parks was building and upgrading trails. Because Yosemite is the second oldest national park, the trail system was already well developed before the CCC arrived. Nevertheless, CCC teams did extensive maintenance and improvement work on the far-flung trail system of the park.
In particular, after the damage done by the floods of winter 1937, the CCC was called upon to repair and restore trails (and bridges) washed out and undercut by the high waters of the Merced River and creeks around the park.
Similarly, after the dam was raised at Hetch Hetchy, the beginning of the north side trail would certainly have needed to be rebuilt.
Source notes
John Broesamle book manuscript, 2022
Site originally submitted by John Broesamle on February 6, 2022.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
At this Location:
- Tioga Road - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne Meadows Sewage System - Yosemite National Park CA
- Glacier Point Road - Yosemite National Park CA
- Hetch Hetchy Comfort Station - Yosemite National Park CA
- Wawona Covered Bridge Repair - Yosemite National Park CA
- Wawona Ranger Station Offices - Yosemite National Park CA
- CCC Camp Wawona (former) - Yosemite National Park CA
- Wawona Elementary School - Yosemite National Park CA
- Wawona Ranger Station Residences - Yosemite National Park CA
- Hetch Hetchy Dam and Reservoir Expansion - Yosemite National Park CA
- South Gate Entrance Station - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tioga Pass Comfort Station - Yosemite National Park CA
- Yosemite and Curry Village Improvements - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center (former) - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne Meadows Campground Contact Station - Yosemite National Park CA
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